Name Otto Munchhausen | Role Botanist | |
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Died July 13, 1774, Pattensen, Germany | ||
Otto II. Freiherr von Munchhausen (11 June 1716 – 13 July 1774) was a German botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Gottingen and a correspondent of Linnaeus. He named several species of oaks by the Linnean system, as well as other plants.
The standard botanical author abbreviation Munchh. is applied to species he described.
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